2026 Nirinjini Naidoo: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	35	9146	8446	3857	3491	65	6018

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Neuroscience

9146

8446

3857

3491

6018

Nirinjini Naidoo publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nirinjini Naidoo sits on this spectrum.

38 publications 887+

This scientist: 65 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Nirinjini Naidoo D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nirinjini Naidoo sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

The endoplasmic reticulum stress response in aging and age-related diseases.

Marishka K. Brown;Nirinjini Naidoo

473
Citations
Macromolecule biosynthesis: a key function of sleep.

Miroslaw Mackiewicz;Keith R. Shockley;Micah A. Romer;Raymond J. Galante

416
Citations
ER and aging-Protein folding and the ER stress response.

Nirinjini Naidoo

350
Citations
A role for the proteasome in the light response of the timeless clock protein.

Nirinjini Naidoo;Wei Song;Melissa Hunter-Ensor;Amita Sehgal

348
Citations
Aging Impairs the Unfolded Protein Response to Sleep Deprivation and Leads to Proapoptotic Signaling

Nirinjini Naidoo;Megan Ferber;Monali Master;Yan Zhu

315
Citations
Sleep deprivation induces the unfolded protein response in mouse cerebral cortex.

Nirinjini Naidoo;William Giang;Raymond J. Galante;Allan I. Pack

292
Citations
Mechanisms of sleep-dependent consolidation of cortical plasticity.

Sara J. Aton;Julie Seibt;Michelle Dumoulin;Sushil K. Jha;Sushil K. Jha

280
Citations
Relationships among dietary nutrients and subjective sleep, objective sleep, and napping in women

Michael A. Grandner;Daniel F. Kripke;Nirinjini Naidoo;Robert D. Langer

258
Citations
The energy hypothesis of sleep revisited.

Matthew T. Scharf;Nirinjini Naidoo;John E. Zimmerman;Allan I. Pack

254
Citations
Photic signaling by cryptochrome in the Drosophila circadian system.

Fang-Ju Lin;Wei Song;Elizabeth Meyer-Bernstein;Nirinjini Naidoo

236
Citations
Conservation of sleep: insights from non-mammalian model systems

John E. Zimmerman;Nirinjini Naidoo;David M. Raizen;Allan I. Pack

236
Citations
Cloning, expression, purification, and biological activity of recombinant native and variant human alpha 1-antichymotrypsins.

H. Rubin;Zhi Mei Wang;E. B. Nickbarg;S. Mclarney

212
Citations
Protein synthesis during sleep consolidates cortical plasticity in vivo

Julie Seibt;Julie Seibt;Michelle C. Dumoulin;Sara J. Aton;Tammi Coleman

176
Citations
Structure-function analysis of soluble forms of herpes simplex virus glycoprotein D.

A V Nicola;S H Willis;N N Naidoo;R J Eisenberg

170
Citations
Cellular stress/the unfolded protein response: Relevance to sleep and sleep disorders

Nirinjini Naidoo

147
Citations
A role for the molecular chaperone protein BiP/GRP78 in Drosophila sleep homeostasis.

Nirinjini Naidoo;Vincent Casiano;Jacqueline Cater;John Zimmerman

124
Citations
Molecular Mechanisms of Sleep and Wakefulness

Miroslaw Mackiewicz;Nirinjini Naidoo;John E. Zimmerman;Allan I. Pack

122
Citations
The endoplasmic reticulum stress response and aging.

Nirinjini Naidoo

119
Citations
Multiple mechanisms limit the duration of wakefulness in Drosophila brain

John E. Zimmerman;Wendy Rizzo;Keith R. Shockley;David M. Raizen

111
Citations
Eif-2a Protects Brainstem Motoneurons in a Murine Model of Sleep Apnea

Yan Zhu;Polina Fenik;Guanxia Zhan;Ben Sanfillipo-Cohn

109
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Allan I. Pack University of Pennsylvania

Marcos G. Frank Washington State University Spokane

Sara J. Aton University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Amita Sehgal University of Pennsylvania

Paul F. Worley Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Barry S. Cooperman University of Pennsylvania

Harvey Rubin University of Pennsylvania

Joseph A. Baur University of Pennsylvania

Gary A. Churchill The Jackson Laboratory

Amy S. Lee University of Southern California

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